I have four different copmuters, all running a DG965OT intel procesor with a
Core2 chip. Two have Vista HP and two have Ultimate. All four are having
the same problem. When I turn the computer on there is a 30 second lag
between when the Bios spash screen show to when the first boot device is
attempted(in this case it is the CD drive). There is then a 4 to 5 min pause
before the vista splash screen starts. I don't think this is normal but it
happens on all my systems. Is this a vista problem or a motherboard/bois
problem. I have updated the bios and have all vista updates minus the SP1
beta. One computer is running a raid all the others are not.

Guido;552082 Wrote:
I have four different copmuters, all running a DG965OT intel procesor
with a
Core2 chip. Two have Vista HP and two have Ultimate. All four are
having
the same problem. When I turn the computer on there is a 30 second lag
between when the Bios spash screen show to when the first boot device
is
attempted(in this case it is the CD drive). There is then a 4 to 5 min
pause
before the vista splash screen starts. I don't think this is normal but
it
happens on all my systems. Is this a vista problem or a
motherboard/bois
problem. I have updated the bios and have all vista updates minus the
SP1
beta. One computer is running a raid all the others are not.

Hi Guido,

This will show you how to get rid of that 30 second delay.

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/70563-boot-up.html


For the rest of the time delay, I would check the starup programs to
see if you have anything in there that may be the slow loader or if you
just have to many things loading. You can test this by booting into
Safe Mode. If it loads faster, then it probably is a startup program.

For Startup programs, see:
http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/79...e-disable.html


For Safe Mode, see: (Select Safe Mode)
http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/88...t-options.html

Shawn


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I geuss I forgot to add some information. I did suspect the start-up
programs. I have all but three services in the msconfig start-up turned off.
Even when running I only have 32 programs running. I also get the excessive
load time in "safe mode".

"brink" wrote:


Guido;552082 Wrote:
I have four different copmuters, all running a DG965OT intel procesor
with a
Core2 chip. Two have Vista HP and two have Ultimate. All four are
having
the same problem. When I turn the computer on there is a 30 second lag
between when the Bios spash screen show to when the first boot device
is
attempted(in this case it is the CD drive). There is then a 4 to 5 min
pause
before the vista splash screen starts. I don't think this is normal but
it
happens on all my systems. Is this a vista problem or a
motherboard/bois
problem. I have updated the bios and have all vista updates minus the
SP1
beta. One computer is running a raid all the others are not.

Hi Guido,

This will show you how to get rid of that 30 second delay.

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/70563-boot-up.html


For the rest of the time delay, I would check the starup programs to
see if you have anything in there that may be the slow loader or if you
just have to many things loading. You can test this by booting into
Safe Mode. If it loads faster, then it probably is a startup program.

For Startup programs, see:
http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/79...e-disable.html


For Safe Mode, see: (Select Safe Mode)
http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/88...t-options.html

Shawn


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"Guido" wrote in message
...
I have four different copmuters, all running a DG965OT intel procesor with
a
Core2 chip. Two have Vista HP and two have Ultimate. All four are having
the same problem. When I turn the computer on there is a 30 second lag
between when the Bios spash screen show to when the first boot device is
attempted(in this case it is the CD drive). There is then a 4 to 5 min
pause
before the vista splash screen starts. I don't think this is normal but
it
happens on all my systems. Is this a vista problem or a motherboard/bois
problem. I have updated the bios and have all vista updates minus the SP1
beta. One computer is running a raid all the others are not.

The initial 30 second delay isn't too far out of line. It looks like you
have the
CD/DVD drive selected as the first boot drive. That is usually needed
only for installing or repairing an OS. In BIOS, change the order of
booting so that the first boot device is your boot hard drive. This should
shave a few seconds off the initial boot time.

Re the longer delay, where does it occur in the Vista boot process?
When I boot Vista and the OS starts loading, the green bar indicator
appears for a few seconds, followed by blank screen for a few more
seconds. Then the orb appears followed immediately by the login window.
This whole process takes 20-25 seconds on a 2.4 GHz P4. The total
time from power on to login screen is 35-40 seconds. The long delay
could be due to a hardware driver problem, or a network problem.
Are the systems connected to a network? If not, you should give each
computer an arbitrary IP address, otherwise there will be a delay in
loading while searching for a DHCP assigned address.

The system is on a network. The longer boot happens in between the bois
splash screen and the green bar indicator. There is a second pause of 10-12
sec between the bar indicator and the vista logo, that I understand. During
the long pause I do not see or hear any activity coming form the computer,
ie. system busy light flashing, hard drive speeding up, hard drive needle
moving. I have attempted four differnet reinstalls thinking that it could be
a problem. The extra drivers I have installed a Nvidia Driver for 7
series card, Angel II tuner card, Creative Xfi sound card. I know thats
vague but someone may have heard of some conflict I have yet to read about.

"Ian D" wrote:


"Guido" wrote in message
...
I have four different copmuters, all running a DG965OT intel procesor with
a
Core2 chip. Two have Vista HP and two have Ultimate. All four are having
the same problem. When I turn the computer on there is a 30 second lag
between when the Bios spash screen show to when the first boot device is
attempted(in this case it is the CD drive). There is then a 4 to 5 min
pause
before the vista splash screen starts. I don't think this is normal but
it
happens on all my systems. Is this a vista problem or a motherboard/bois
problem. I have updated the bios and have all vista updates minus the SP1
beta. One computer is running a raid all the others are not.

The initial 30 second delay isn't too far out of line. It looks like you
have the
CD/DVD drive selected as the first boot drive. That is usually needed
only for installing or repairing an OS. In BIOS, change the order of
booting so that the first boot device is your boot hard drive. This should
shave a few seconds off the initial boot time.

Re the longer delay, where does it occur in the Vista boot process?
When I boot Vista and the OS starts loading, the green bar indicator
appears for a few seconds, followed by blank screen for a few more
seconds. Then the orb appears followed immediately by the login window.
This whole process takes 20-25 seconds on a 2.4 GHz P4. The total
time from power on to login screen is 35-40 seconds. The long delay
could be due to a hardware driver problem, or a network problem.
Are the systems connected to a network? If not, you should give each
computer an arbitrary IP address, otherwise there will be a delay in
loading while searching for a DHCP assigned address.

"Guido" wrote in message
...
The system is on a network. The longer boot happens in between the bois
splash screen and the green bar indicator. There is a second pause of
10-12
sec between the bar indicator and the vista logo, that I understand.
During
the long pause I do not see or hear any activity coming form the computer,
ie. system busy light flashing, hard drive speeding up, hard drive needle
moving. I have attempted four differnet reinstalls thinking that it could
be
a problem. The extra drivers I have installed a Nvidia Driver for 7
series card, Angel II tuner card, Creative Xfi sound card. I know thats
vague but someone may have heard of some conflict I have yet to read
about.

"Ian D" wrote:

It looks like the system is having difficulty in finding the your hard
drive.
As I indicated previously, in BIOS change the first boot device to the
hard drive. From what you say, this is now set to the CD/DVD drive,
and that could be the cause of your delay.

I have been experiencing this same issue and I have a very similiar setup to
yours (CPU, BIOS, and sound board are the same). I believe that the problem
is with the sound board driver.

Under my Windows Vista Problem Reports and Solutions section, I have a
persistent message to download and install the latest driver for my Creative
SB X-fi device. Of course, I have done that and the conflict problem
persists. Anyway, other than the long boot times, I have been unable to
detect any other problems after I boot up and log in.

Lew

"Guido" wrote:

The system is on a network. The longer boot happens in between the bois
splash screen and the green bar indicator. There is a second pause of 10-12
sec between the bar indicator and the vista logo, that I understand. During
the long pause I do not see or hear any activity coming form the computer,
ie. system busy light flashing, hard drive speeding up, hard drive needle
moving. I have attempted four differnet reinstalls thinking that it could be
a problem. The extra drivers I have installed a Nvidia Driver for 7
series card, Angel II tuner card, Creative Xfi sound card. I know thats
vague but someone may have heard of some conflict I have yet to read about.

"Ian D" wrote:


"Guido" wrote in message
...
I have four different copmuters, all running a DG965OT intel procesor with
a
Core2 chip. Two have Vista HP and two have Ultimate. All four are having
the same problem. When I turn the computer on there is a 30 second lag
between when the Bios spash screen show to when the first boot device is
attempted(in this case it is the CD drive). There is then a 4 to 5 min
pause
before the vista splash screen starts. I don't think this is normal but
it
happens on all my systems. Is this a vista problem or a motherboard/bois
problem. I have updated the bios and have all vista updates minus the SP1
beta. One computer is running a raid all the others are not.

The initial 30 second delay isn't too far out of line. It looks like you
have the
CD/DVD drive selected as the first boot drive. That is usually needed
only for installing or repairing an OS. In BIOS, change the order of
booting so that the first boot device is your boot hard drive. This should
shave a few seconds off the initial boot time.

Re the longer delay, where does it occur in the Vista boot process?
When I boot Vista and the OS starts loading, the green bar indicator
appears for a few seconds, followed by blank screen for a few more
seconds. Then the orb appears followed immediately by the login window.
This whole process takes 20-25 seconds on a 2.4 GHz P4. The total
time from power on to login screen is 35-40 seconds. The long delay
could be due to a hardware driver problem, or a network problem.
Are the systems connected to a network? If not, you should give each
computer an arbitrary IP address, otherwise there will be a delay in
loading while searching for a DHCP assigned address.

Guido;552082 Wrote:
I have four different copmuters, all running a DG965OT intel procesor
with a
Core2 chip. Two have Vista HP and two have Ultimate. All four are
having
the same problem. When I turn the computer on there is a 30 second lag
between when the Bios spash screen show to when the first boot device
is
attempted(in this case it is the CD drive). There is then a 4 to 5 min
pause
before the vista splash screen starts. I don't think this is normal but
it
happens on all my systems. Is this a vista problem or a
motherboard/bois
problem. I have updated the bios and have all vista updates minus the
SP1
beta. One computer is running a raid all the others are not.


I am having this exact same problem with my gateway gt56363, which has
the same motherboard. I have tried installing a fresh version of vista
and i have the same effect. Can you please let me know if anyone ever
resolved this problem?


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chetahelup

There is then a 4 to 5 min
pause
before the vista splash screen starts. I don't think this is normal but
it
happens on all my systems. Is this a vista problem or a
motherboard/bois
problem.

This sounds like a driver problem, actually.

Somewhere deep in the bowels of Vista you can find out how long each driver
takes to load. Trouble is, I've forgotten where!

So, I can't help directly, but maybe this will set you off on another track.

If I remember, I'll report back.

SteveT

Thanks I would really appreciate it...


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chetahelup